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georgetown and the bell barber brothers show interest in mr bells talking machine alexander graham bll uasppcrch sounds could be tra living in brorttford when hcv mittrd oer miles of wire when first confided to his father hisithc braiitrord to tans teleph conception of the telephonic one demonstration was carried principle back in july 1874 it out successfully and rivn was in brantford that he first fine press publicity in aue- jcmonstratcd suecesfully that just 1876 alexander graham bell gave hs father thrcequar iters of his canad an patent rights in the summrr of ib and from then until early 180 brantford was headquarters f r whatever telephone business was done in canada professor mehille bell and hn general ficnt mr henderson were ghd to arrange for telephone demonstrations and one of these early demonstrations was described in the brampton conservator of sept 21st 1877 a friday the item prescr ved by rev thomas hcndersop in his scrapbook must have one of a series in 1884 a standard switchboard like ths on shown here was installed in j h jack son store on main st georgetown and mr jackson was appo nted manager been rad with considerable in terest by people in that part of the country including george town it was headed experi mevttag with a tflh- phone ind read r were present last nisht while a series of experiments were conducted with a teleph one in the telcgrauh office of mr p l woods the trial was made between here and strat ford a distance of 70 miles first the communication was earned on by way of ordinary conversa i ion in a loud tone and afterwards by singing though the atmosphere was not favor able for the experiment at thr time of the trial the words ipoken at either end were quite distinct most of the time and the music 6f th songs so plain that any one familiar with the tune could readily catch the melody the sweet bye and bye old lans syne red white tnd bl ic and many other well know pieces were tr ed and lung with great success two ladies at the office in strat ford miss iteid and miss john bton sane and their voice were heard so distinctly that to listen to them was a real musilal treat at times when more than one part of the mus ic was taken each voice could be distinguished quite plainly the sound appeared as though cominfi from a short distance awa and whether the tone was low or high it was equally dis tinct the telephone is cert a n iv one of the grealrst triumphs of the age a list of agent found in mr henderson s letter book of 187d nhows that early in january 1879 the district telegraph company in hamilton were ag cnts for the bell telephone for haldimand halton and went worth counties there is no cw dence of telephones having been leased by any georgetown resident prior to ths ineorpora tlnn of the bell telephone umpiny of canada on april 20vh i860 there li evidence in an old letter book of the bell coropa ny that early in october 1882 barber brothers or georgetown rent jl letter of inquiry to the head office montreal which waswctobcr lhh 1682 refer red to mr hugh c baker man ager of the company s ontario department whether barber brother paper mills ordered a pair of telephones or even more extensive service linking them to their business is not known probably the letter was one inquiring as to telephon- rates or perhaps asking when georgetown was likely to be given telephone service it h interesting to know that as early as 1882 interest was being manifested by an impor tant georgetown business in telephone service for many canadian businessmen were still dubious as to the practical use fulness of telephone service and reluctant to spend money for it it was still a novelty which aroused mingled won derment and ridicule with the majority of people though hre and there it was already prov ing useful and orders were co ming in daily or almost daily from here and there on first line however the business vq not sufficient to pay adequate ly for the relatively great ex pens of labour and equipment necessary for building new long distance lines on may 1 1884 the company s founder and then vice president and mana ging director the senior charles fleetwood sise confided in a letter to mr baker that our construction ac in ontario cannot be very extensive this year however some of the money was spent on a line built during 1884 running from toronto to guelph through wen- ton brampton georgetown and acton records indicate that then- was a telephone exchange esta bhshed in georgetown not long before november 7 1884 when head office acknowledged a remittance of 1 00 from j h jackson the georgetown agent it was according to one rec ord located in the store or mr jackson who had a bookselling and stationery business on mam street a later directory 19011 gives mr jackson s business as books stationery and hous furnishings probably the bus incss had broadened out before this and by april 1907 ac cording to the directory the business was jtcksons depart mental store still on main st fvidcntly by the end of 1884 there were 13 telephones or thereabouts in georgetown at any rate an old january 1885 telephone directory lists george town and its subscribers as fol lows january 1885 georgetown agency ctntral offka main straat office open from 8 ajn to 8 p m weekdays 2 to 4 p m sundays and 10 to 12 a m and 2 to 4 p m holidays bank of hamilton main st barber john r paper mills barber john r residence main st beaumont t barton mnftr glen william freeman pr w church st goodwillle g s barrister main si grand trunk railway station jackson j h bookseller and stationer main si king r w co foundry northern northwestern railway station roe dr w j residence main st williams b woolen sic mills glen willii ma williams joseph flour saw mills glen williams modest number during 1883 another long distance telephone line was constructed from guelph to stratford thus connecting gcor getown to stratford only despite the modest number tit telephone subscribers and in all likelihood the telephones for the railway stations and for mr jackson were free or dc head du instruments the returns from georgetown sent to head office by mr jackson during 1885 were far from un satifactory sums received var ied considerable viz 9 02 927 11311 5 88 132 20 17 34 1196 1144 and 80 92 it is noteworthy that mr jackson sent his remittan ces in with fair and consistent promptitude though he had tto be jacked up once to send in the money three days before it was received in the main however he iwas prompt and businesslike in sending in rem ittances representing rentals and long distance business b- ing done from the georgetown office by the time the decern ber 1885 directory was issued there were 22 telephones in georgetown during 1886 a long distance line was built from guelph to waucertton enabling george town subscribers to telephone walkerton through guelph on september 1st 1886 mr sise sent form letters to nearly 150 offices including georfie town which read montreal sept 1st 18sg agent georgetow n please fill in answers to the following questions and send to me my return mail c r sise vice president are any telephonic instriun ents other than this company s in use in your district how many for exchange or pnvalp line use who supplies them what instruments are thej what prices are paid for them head office was on the war path for infringers and rival telephone companies which per petually menaced the security of the bell telephone company of canada owners of bells pat ent during the early years of the company s existence rep lies to the above questionnaire a varied but noes predom mated in the replies which came in from georgetown m jackson wrote there are none but belt telephone co s instru ments in use here yours ropt j h jacksof agt though no 1886 telephone directory for georgetown is at present avail ahle in the bell company s tel ewhone historical collection conalatias of over 2500 obsol ette directories on knows that the georgetown telephone office wms open for business on nov ember 3 1886 mr jackson for warded a remittance of 10 59 to head office and on decern ber ilth 1886 he sent in 56 during the first three months of 1887 mr jackson forwarded remittances varying from 9 27 to 108 72 however the num ber of subscribers decreased slightly during the twelve month for december 1887 s dlr ectory lists only 20 names two thi 010roktown hiralo thursday nov 90th 1m7 pages of these rr residential hat ing continurd next week palermo ratepayer from north of the upper middle rd last week indicated they would oppose the building of a muni clpal airport in their ward until it is proved to them such a ven ture would pay for itself th airport is a joint oakvule bur lington project to be located north of palermo terra c0n a innt 8 is now open 365 days f mf of the year for meals and accommodation m w we handle outside catering i 2 in pnvata houses for dinners and cocktail parties m s book early for 5 g christmas parties fl m and small conferences t 2 orders now being taken for home made 9 christmas cakes puddings and chocolates iffi for further information phona betty and harry farrar 8779941 m terra cotta ont j 3te3sslskgiski3j0akssl3a fts5 1 gifts j that say lingerie hosiery gloves shells sweaters and sweater sets sportswear blouses pant suits slacks etc plus a complete select on of girls and ch idren i wear the newest and smartest for fall and winter jacksons ladies wear 21 main street n s776bs1 aaardell s beauty boutique telephone service became available n georgetown after the erection of a 1 ne from toronto to guelph through weston georgetown and acton by th s bell tclephon company 1 ne crew n 1884 the men are shown paus ng for a break after the erect on of the b g st cks which often measured as much as 60 feet n he ghl 6 main st n over young s 8774812 best wishes and sincere thanks 1st anniversary anniversary special december 5th to 12th 750 550 wtvwwvwwwwwwewcwwww i buy at mcnamara jewellers to get value service credit 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